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Administrative Areas

Ward
Highley
Local Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
Ludlow
Region
West Midlands
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe
Households
176
Population
356
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
100
England❚WV16 6LW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
22
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
33

Age Groups

Population
356
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
29%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
29%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
318
Single
63
Married
170
Civil partnership
4
Separated
7
Divorced
39
Widowed
35

Health

Population
356
Very good
116
Good
145
Fair
66
Bad
21
Very bad
39

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
318
England❚WV16 6LW❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
18
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
51
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
Apprenticeship
53
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
118

Ethnicity

Population
356
White British
348
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
2
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
1

Country of Birth

Population
356
England
342
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
5
Wales
3
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
356
Christian
236
Other
2
No religion
86
Not stated
32

Industry

Population
161
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
23
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
22
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
15
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
12
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
278
England❚WV16 6LW❚
Full-Time employee
86
Part-Time employee
41
Self employed
31
Unemployed
10
Retired
82
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
5
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
176
Owned outright
73
Owned with mortgage
39
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
28
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
21
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
9

Housing Types

All categoies
194
Occupied
176
Unoccupied
18
Detached
59
Semi detached
59
Terraced
53
Flat - purpose built
4
Flat - converted
4
Flat - in commerical building
1
Caravan
14

Household Size

All categoies
176
One person
64
Two people
69
Three people
24
Four people
15
Five people
2
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

WV16 6NN WV16 6NQ WV16 6NB WV16 6NH WV16 6NA WV16 6LP WV16 6LL WV16 6LN WV16 6NG WV16 6NT WV16 6LJ

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019